INTERSECT EOR

Simulate a wide range of enhanced oil recovery methods

INTERSECT EOR enables accurate high-resolution modeling of chemical and miscible injection agents that accounts for their application in fields with widely varying characteristics such as reservoir geology, fluid type, and aquifer strength. Numerous EOR methods can be simulated with black oil or compositional fluids for low-salinity, polymer, and miscible injection (including hydrocarbon gas, CO₂, and others) processes.

The integration of the INTERSECT high-resolution reservoir simulator with Petrel Reservoir Engineering makes it possible for engineers and geoscientists to study flow phenomena and production performance in the context of geology, petrophysics, uncertainty, economics, and other scenarios. Examples include tracking and history matching of the polymer concentration with live tracer measurements, miscible CO₂ water-alternating gas (WAG) injection with 4D seismic reservoir monitoring, and intelligent completions to control breakthrough.

Applications

Conventional, unconventional, and fractured reservoirs with various fluid types

Benefits

Increased confidence in decision making through modeling of various EOR processes, including low-salinity, polymer, and miscible injection (such as hydrocarbon gas and CO₂)
Greater insight sooner by performing quick, accurate simulations powered by a state-of-the-art solver and robust physics
Early validation of production scenarios for a variety of operating conditions and accounting for uncertainty in the geology and fluids
Understanding of physical processes in detail on a high-resolution model that preserves geology

Features

Robust implicit numerical formulation and performance capabilities
Todd-Longstaff model four-component extension of black oil formulation for miscible gas and solvent injection
Multisegment well (MSW) model with active user control of inflow devices
Built-in optimizer
Unstructured grids and domain partitioning
Production network handled by design
Highly automated optimization and uncertainty workflows via integration with Petrel Reservoir Engineering
CO₂ storage and CO₂ solubility in aqueous phase
Tracer modeling